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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Puerperal sepsis 1
Other puerperal causes 3
Total 4
The maternal mortality rate was 1.49.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
The number of notifications of this disease was 14. Three cases
removed from the district before result was known. 11 made a
satisfactory recovery. There were 10 Domiciliary confinements and
4 Institutional confinements.
PREMATURE INFANTS.
Born at Home.
Number of premature infants notified born at home 70
Nursed at home 61
Died during the first 24 hours 5
Number who survived (at the end of the first
month) 55
Number alive and thriving at the end of December 48
MUNICIPAL MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
The Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives, MissF. E. Curtis, S.R.N.,
S.C.M., H.V. Certificate, reports:—
During 1946 four midwives were appointed to the services,
making in all 14 full-time midwives. One midwife who had recently
retired continued throughout the year in a part-time capacity.
The number of women delivered in their own homes by the
midwives was 1,392, a great increase on the 1945 figure of 804. The
provision of a car for use of the Non-medical Supervisor has greatly
facilitated the smooth running of the service.